“There are towns and villages in Brazil which have no church, but not one lacks a soccer field. Sunday is the day of hard labour for cardiologists across the country. On a normal Sunday, people die of excitement during the mass of the ball. On a Sunday without soccer, people die of boredom” – Soccer in Sun and Shadow, Eduardo Galeano. “The whole feeling of living here was different, because there was something exciting and happy to think about.” Nuala O’Faolain, June 1988. There is a scene in Mad Men when Roger Sterling sits in Don Draper’s office and cradles…

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